“Sweating bullets to line up the Bible with our exhausting expectations, to make the Bible something it’s not meant to be, isn’t… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
“I find it strangely comforting that walking the path of Christian faith means being confronted moment by moment with what is counterintuitive and ultimately… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
“No attempt should be made to "reconcile" Yahweh's hardening of Pharaoh's heart (plagues 6,8,9,10) with statements in the other plagues that Pharaoh hardened his… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
“The Bible isn’t a cookbook—deviate from the recipe and the soufflé falls flat. It’s not an owner’s manual—with detailed and complicated step-by-step instructions for… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
“Ours is a historical faith, and to uproot the Bible from its historical contexts is self-contradictory.” — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
“Doubt is God’s instrument, will arrive in God’s time, and will come from unexpected places—places out of your control. And when it does, resist… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
“I’VE BEEN ON A JOURNEY of rediscovering the Bible and the God behind it for over thirty years and I don’t see that journey… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
“[The Lord's Supper teaches that] Rituals are good, and they are instituted and used by God to 'connect' his people with him. We learn… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
“Sweating bullets to line up the Bible with our exhausting expectations, to make the Bible something it’s not meant to be, isn’t a pious… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
“The bottom line is that for Wellhausen and many other biblical scholars before and since, the Pentateuch as we know it (an important qualification)… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
“judging by how the Bible actually behaves—God did not design scripture to be a hushed afternoon in an oak-paneled library. Instead, God has invited… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
If you are expecting Paul to read the Bible like it was set in stone, you will find yourself getting pretty nervous. For Paul,… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
“This is extremely significant. Knowing something of when the Pentateuch came to be, even generally, affects our understanding of why it was produced in… — Peter Enns Copy Share Image
